Excellence in Victorian journalism: Complete list of Quill Awards finalists

The Melbourne Press Club has announced the finalists in the 2016 Quill Awards for excellence in Victorian journalism.

Finalists have been named in each of the 27 Quill categories and for the Young Journalist of the Year Award and the Student Journalist of the Year Award.

The awards have been substantially reviewed and upgraded to reflect the changing media landscape.

A new Quill for Innovation in Journalism has been created.

In other changes, the Quill for headline writing has been discontinued and the Quills for regional and rural affairs reporting and suburban reporting have been combined in a new Quill for Suburban or Regional Journalism.

The Gold Quill will be awarded to the work judged best of all the Quill winners. The $7,500 prize again is supported by Melbourne Press Club principal sponsors Monash University and Virgin Australia.

Winners will be announced at the annual Quills dinner at Crown Palladium on Friday 17 March.

The complete list of finalists are below:

ARTWORK

Joe Benke (Sunday Age) The Butterfly Effect (Muhammad Ali) Matt Davidson (The Age) Lipstick on a pig Andrew Dyson (The Age) Elbow room Peter Nicholson (The Australian) Courtroom Fashions

BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE

Natalie Kotsios (weeklytimesnow.com.au) Tense Murray-Darling Basin politics James Massola, Richard Willingham & Fergus Hunter (The Age) David Feeney residence scandal Melina Sarris (Seven News) Moomba Riots Brianna Travers (Sunday Herald Sun) Battle Zone – Moomba riots

BUSINESS FEATURE

Ben Butler (The Weekend Australian Magazine) Keeping Up with the Oswals Melissa Fyfe (Good Weekend Magazine) The Undoing of Slater & Gordon Sue Neales (The Weekend Australian) Murray Goulburn dairy crisis John Stensholt (Australian Financial Review) Turnbull, Greiner and the $US1 million loan

BUSINESS NEWS

Adele Ferguson, Klaus Toft & Mario Christodoulou (The Age) CommInsure Scandal Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker & Michael Bachelard (The Age) Corruption coverage Philip Wen (The Age) Crown Resorts detentions in China

CAMERA WORK

Phil Loschiavo (Seven News) Crane Blaze John Parsons (Nine News) West Gate Bridge police chase Damian Shine (Seven News) Porsche Thieves

CARTOON

Mark Knight (Herald Sun) Hair Force One Peter Nicholson (Australian Financial Review) Budget Deficit Won't Go Away Ron Tandberg (The Age) Trump Declares War Chris Taylor (Herald Sun) Hanson Snack Pack

COVERAGE OF AN ISSUE OR EVENT

Seamus Bradley, Nick Place, Meredith O'Shea & Miguel Rios (RACV Royal Auto Magazine) Impact Chris Johnston & Nino Bucci (Fairfax Media) Lux Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Michael Bachelard & Dan Quinlan (The Age) Corporate Corruption Louise Milligan & Andy Burns (ABC 7.30) George Pell and Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

FEATURES PHOTOGRAPH

Timothy Carrafa (Herald Sun) Sting: Don't Stare So Close At Me Jason Edwards (Herald Sun) Beautiful balance Chris Hopkins (The Age) My Silent Grief Jason Sammon (Frankston Standard Leader) Blessing of the Waters

FEATURE WRITING

Ruth Lamperd (Herald Sun) The War Within Nick McKenzie & Richard Baker (theage.com.au) Fruits of Their Labour Margaret Simons (The Monthly) Duterte's Dirty War Chris Vedelago & Cameron Houston (The Sunday Age) Spun Out, Shane Warne Foundation story

GRANT HATTAM QUILL FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Fiona Hudson & Ellen Whinnett (Herald Sun) China Deals Scandal Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Michael Bachelard & Dan Quinlan (The Age) Unaoil scandal Louise Milligan & Andy Burns (ABC 7.30) George Pell investigation Ben Schneiders, Royce Millar & Nick Toscano (The Age) Sold Out: Australia's Biggest Wages Scandal

INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM

Richard Baker & Michael Bachelard (theage.com.au) Phoebe's Fall Alex Ellinghausen (The Age) Election Snapchat Soren Frederiksen, Conal Hanna & Craig Dixon (Fairfax Media) Real Footy On Messenger Huw Parkinson (ABC) Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Ground

KEITH DUNSTAN QUILL FOR COMMENTARY

Waleed Aly (The Age) Tectonics Tim Colebatch (Inside Story Magazine) The upside of the falling big party vote Rohan Connolly  (The Age) Coaching Masterclass Jack Latimore  (Guardian Australia) A lack of indigenous voices is turning blackfellas off old media

NEWS PHOTOGRAPH

Jake Nowakowski (Sunday Herald Sun) Moomba Gang Rampage Lawrence Pinder (Herald Sun) Up the Creek Without a Paddle Darren Tindale (Herald Sun) Bolt Wins Ladies Day Sprint Jay Town (Herald Sun) Kangaroo in dam

NEWS REPORT IN WRITING

Beau Donelly (The Age) Foster care scandal Josh Gordon & Adam Morton (The Age), Hazelwood shutdown near Tom Minear & James Campbell (Herald Sun), Minister's dog act Cameron Stewart (The Australian) The Submarine Leak Scandal

RACV TRANSPORT QUILL

Adam Carey (The Age) Metro bans V/Line trains from city Aleks Devic (Herald Sun) Myki leaks Matthew Johnston & Alex White (Herald Sun) Sky Rail Royce Millar & Ben Schneiders (The Age) Transurban: Taking its toll

RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS

Richard Baker & Michael Bachelard (theage.com.au) Phoebe's Fall Bridget Brennan (ABC Background Briefing) The Extra Mile Seb Costello (Triple M Radio) Triple M Live from the Muhammad Ali Memorial Neil Mitchell (3AW) How to Unravel a Superannuation Policy

RADIO NEWS

Seb Costello (Triple M Hot Breakfast) Usain Bolt wins 100m Gold in Rio Charlotte King (ABC News) Ballarat bishop agrees to be stand-in for historic sex abuse claims Patrick Mitchell (3AW) Springvale - Fire in Commonwealth Bank Danny Tran (ABC Radio News) Ballarat Police under fire over new brutality allegations

SPORTS FEATURE

Damian Barrett (Channel Nine, The Footy Show) West Coast 2006 Drug Investigation Belinda Hawkins, Steven Baras-Miller, Emily Porrello & Mark Farnell (ABC Australian Story) A League of Their Own Glenn McFarlane, Patrick Carlyon & Elouise Winslow (Sunday Herald Sun) Death of a Champion Emma Quayle (The Age) Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti's long journey to overnight success

SPORTS NEWS

Michael Gleeson (theage.com.au) Lachie Whitfield Drugs Affair Mark Robinson (Herald Sun) Garry, Billy Split Michael Warner (Herald Sun) The Talia Scandal

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH

Alex Coppel (Herald Sun) Fernando Alonso's Exit at Turn Three Alex Coppel (Herald Sun) Phelps Nicole Garmston (Herald Sun) Team Celebration Michael Willson (afl.com.au) Bulldog Through and Through

SUBURBAN OR REGIONAL JOURNALISM

Melissa Cunningham (The Courier, Ballarat), Ballarat Royal Commission coverage Bridget Judd (ABC) Naloxone coverage Leader Community News team (Leader Community News) $20 million win for schools Andrew Mole (The Riverine Herald)  Yes, I have cancer

TAC TOWARDS ZERO QUILL FOR ROAD SAFETY REPORTING

Seamus Bradley, Meredith O'Shea, Nick Place & Miguel Rios (RACV Royal Auto Magazine) Impact Adam Carey (The Age) Confronting the U-turn: Road deaths on the rise Aleks Devic & Anthony Dowsley (Sunday Herald Sun) Tackle the Toll Australian Community Media - Victoria (Fairfax Media)  #homesafe

TV/VIDEO FEATURE (LONG FORM)

Terry Carlyon & John Silvester (ABC TV) Conviction Heather Ewart, Lisa Whitehead, Ron Ekkel & Tony Kuric (ABC TV) Back Roads - Mallacoota Adele Ferguson, Klaus Toft & Mario Christodoulou (ABC Four Corners) CommInsure Scandal Luke Waters (SBS Dateline Special) The Assad Interview

TV/VIDEO FEATURE (SHORT FORM)

Sam Clark & Dan Oakes (ABC 7.30) Melbourne tax evasion scandal Nick McKenzie & Gus Goswell (ABC 7.30) Foreign bribery allegations exposed Dan Oakes & Sam Clark (ABC 7.30) Mother's plea for state care changes Brendan Roberts (Seven News) Anzac Day Terror Plot

TV/VIDEO NEWS

Christine Ahern (Nine News) Olympic Village Crisis Brendan Donohoe (Seven News) Euthenasia Cabinet Leak Brendan Roberts (Seven News) DHS Paedophile Investigation Brendan Roberts (Seven News) Pram Murder

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT QUILL FOR REPORTING ON DISABILITY ISSUES

Kirsten Diprose & Alex Holland (ABC) Melbourne wheelchair taxis no longer 'commercially viable' Beau Donelly (The Sunday Age) Anthony's Decision to Die Lisbeth Gorr (ABC 7.30) The Doug Anthony Allstars Have The Last laugh Louise Milligan (ABC 7.30) Protecting Children with Disabilities from Abuse

YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Reid Butler (A Current Affair/Nine Network) Monique Hore (Herald Sun) Bridget Judd (ABC) Cassie Zervos (Herald Sun)

STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Claudia Alp (Swinburne) Tess Ikonomou (Monash University) Carol Saffer (Monash University) Evan Young (RMIT)